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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3372287, member: 98035"]Nice coins. That Gallienus with tigress is simply incredible! It's easy to forget how much detail some of these coins originally had!</p><p><br /></p><p>Important to note is that lions were widespread thoughout not just Africa, but much of Europe too until the historic Greek and Roman periods. While they were already well into decline by the end of the stone age, they were present in Greece in significant numbers during the early Roman period, being finally driven to extinction around the end of the Constantinian period.</p><p><br /></p><p>That probably explains why they are so common on Greek coins, when they weren't being shipped off to the Colosseum for fights</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]894404[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]894405[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]894406[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]894407[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]894408[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3372287, member: 98035"]Nice coins. That Gallienus with tigress is simply incredible! It's easy to forget how much detail some of these coins originally had! Important to note is that lions were widespread thoughout not just Africa, but much of Europe too until the historic Greek and Roman periods. While they were already well into decline by the end of the stone age, they were present in Greece in significant numbers during the early Roman period, being finally driven to extinction around the end of the Constantinian period. That probably explains why they are so common on Greek coins, when they weren't being shipped off to the Colosseum for fights [ATTACH=full]894404[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]894405[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]894406[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]894407[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]894408[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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